February 5, 2010
Results for February 2nd
An excellent Groundhog Day Pub Quiz. I introduced our newest round, “State Trivia,” which is going to be our round five for the next year (well, the next forty-nine weeks, at least). We started with Delaware this time, but I won’t be going in any particular order with the remaining states. As I said on Tuesday, I’ll also start mixing some science and history rounds into rounds two and four to make up for eliminating them from round five.
Our winners were once again “Pregnant in the Rye”, who now have a commanding lead in the winter standings. “Tuesday Heartbreak” could still tie Pregnant for the championship, but judging by their failure to place this week, they’ll need to seriously step up their game to make it happen. Meanwhile, “Christopher Waltz-ins” took second place for the second week in a row, and “My Other Ride is an Intern” put together a strong showing to finish in third.
I didn’t love any of the new team names this week. In related news, J.D. Salinger was an overrated hack, so that’s why we didn’t have any questions about him the week after his death, but I suppose “Pregnant in the Rye” and “Catch Her in the Eye” weren’t terrible as far as team names go.
Next week: Tuesday falls right in between the Super Bowl and the start of the Olympics, so I’m a bit torn on which way to go with the sports round this week. One of those two topics, though.
January 29, 2010
Results for January 26th
For some reason, I ended up with two word game rounds this week: One round in which all of the answers were palindromes and a handout featuring anagrams for celebrity names. I think both were popular enough, though. We also had a music round consisting of classic rock songs I dislike and a nature round about varieties of fruit.
Our winners were once again “Pregnant”, who earned 82 points in a photo finish to extend their lead in the league. “Christopher Walk-Outs” took second place with 81 points, ending their streak of just missing a prize but failing to earn them an advantage in the league. “Tuesday Heartbreak”, our defending summer champions, look to be struggling halfway through, as they fell to third place this week with 79.
“And A Pair Of Testicles” once again showed that their team name will work with just about anything, as “Nancy Kerrigan’s Dead Father and a Pair of Testicles” was by far my favorite name.
Next week: Groundhog day. I suppose I could save myself a lot of time the next few days by just rerunning an old quiz “in honor of the holiday,” but I imagine that joke would stop being funny by about the third question. I’ll try to think of something better.
